On Saturday, May 8th, the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Civil Rights Section and the Consumer Law Section and will be presenting:
“Consumer Rights in Tough Times: Foreclosures, Garnishment, Debt Collection, Credit, & Consumer Protection.”
Learn about your legal rights as a consumer during tough economic times. Topics will include:
If you weren’t invited to the Oregon Governor’s State of the State address (and most of us weren’t, so don’t feel bad) and would like to know what was said in the speech, it is posted in full at the Governor’s website.
If that direct link doesn’t work, go to the Governor’s homepage and look for speeches.
2010 SB 1046 (HTML or PDF) has been vetoed by the Governor. You can read the veto message at the Governor’s website.
“Relating to prescriptive authority for licensed psychologists; creating new provisions; amending ORS 675.085 and 677.265; and declaring an emergency.
Whereas the Legislative Assembly finds that it is in the public’s best interest to provide greater access to the full range of mental health treatments; and
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
What can one say? A remarkable book, indeed.
County law librarians work with a lot of family law attorneys and pro se litigants contending with family law issues (marriage, divorce, custody, support). Not a small percentage of them have questions about spousal support (and subsequent modification). If your practice (or your life) hasn’t been such that you keep up with the law on this subject on a regular basis, you’ll need to do some research in the primary sources (starting with your state’s “Digest,” usually), the secondary sources (e.g. treatises and periodicals), and in your state’s legal practice research resources.
(I highly recommend a West “Digest” Topic (e.g. Divorce or Husband and Wife) search for starters and make sure you read the Scope Notes.)
Lately, though, every time I hear a summary of the facts for these cases, I think of the book “The Feminine Mistake.”
It has been said that lawyers are frustrated writers. (This can also be said about most writers.) For those of you seeking your inner scribe (contrast with those seeking their inner inventor at Da Vinci Days):
TERROIR CREATIVE WRITING FESTIVAL
A day of workshops, lectures and readings brings writers together in McMinnville, May 1, 2010
When legal memos are one and the same with the “content” of the Internet, is there any hope for the future?
“Cats, Frogs, and [don’t spam me please*] Women,” by Justice William W. Bedsworth:
Excerpt: “Sitting on the library table in my chambers is a memorandum from the Judicial Council entitled, “Information for Implementing New Rules of Court Regarding Public Access to Judicial Administrative Records.” It is, sadly, not the page-turner its title would lead you to expect….
In case you were wondering (and you were, weren’t you), the Oregon Supreme Court on April 1, 2010, decided:
State of Oregon v. Benson L. Hogevoll (SC S057014)
From the Oregon Supreme Court, April 1, 2010, Media Release:
Did you know there was a repository for government comics? I sure didn’t, but others did, including some law librarians. It doesn’t surprise me that such a repository exists, and someone should let Mr. Mankoff know (if he doesn’t already), but not everyone has my idea of a dream job, which is to be head honcho in a Comics Library (aka the Funny (Biblio) Farm). I’m still working on a secret identity, but might stick with my previous choice of Miss Knowitalia (from Cul de Sac, an excellent cartoon).
See the Law Librarian Blog post from April 1, 2010 (but no joke, at least not entirely). The link to the repository is priceless.
Excerpt: “…Did you know that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln maintains an online collection of government comics? Me neither so a big hat tip to Free Government Information. My favorite, so far, is Johnny Gets the Word. It’s supposed to be about STDs but I’m in a Johnny Westlaw frame of mind at the moment….” (Link to full LLB post.)
“Chamber of Commerce Releases 2010 Lawsuit Climate Survey
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) released 2010 Lawsuit Climate Survey which ranks the states with the best and worst legal climates for business. According to the survey, the states with the worst legal climates are California (46th), Alabama (47th), Mississippi (48th), Louisiana (49th), and West Virginia (50th)….” (Link to full blog post.)
More about Chambers of Commerce (not to be confused with the Better Business Bureau – neither of which is a government entity).
